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The goal of the Disaster Behavioral Health Project is to develop human infrastructure in Nebraska to effectively mitigate or respond to the psycho-social consequences of terrorism and disaster. Read more...

Knowing the facts and being prepared can lessen anxiety or worry about pandemic influenza. In the United States, the best place to get the facts is from the Centers for Disease Control. Worldwide information about pandemic influenza is available through theWorld Health Organization.

Nebraska Behavioral Health Situation Manual - Avian Influenza (July 2006):
This situation manual is designed to test the organized behavioral health response to Disaster via a formal tabletop exercise and includes a hypothetical situation in which avian influenza has been detected in poultry. The manual was used by Nebraska in July 2006 to test regional behavioral health plans in coordination with regional Disaster chaplains, local public health districts, and the State Department of Agriculture.

The Reaching Out Nebraska project ended its services on December 31, 2006. Reaching Out Nebraska had been providing outreach and assistance to former residents of the Gulf-area who have relocated to Nebraska in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita.

Funding for the Reaching Out Nebraska project was provided by FEMA to the State of Nebraska through Region Six Behavioral Health Care, a political subdivision of the State of Nebraska based in Omaha.

Although the Reaching Out Nebraska project has ended, individuals may contact the Interchurch Ministries of Nebraska Rural Response hotline for information about further assistance at 1-800-464-0258.

The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), in conjunction with their Katrina Aid Today (KAT) program, awarded a grant to Interchurch Ministries of Nebraska (IMN) to provide case management services for survivors of the 2005 Gulf Coast Hurricanes who have relocated in Nebraska.

March 19, 2005 - The C.A.R.I.N.G. Communities Project participated in the 2005 Central Plains Severe Weather Symposium in Lincoln, which featured a display, a gathering room for people affected by the May 2004 storms, two panel presentations of storm survivors, and a presentation to storm spotters about stress.
The project concluded on August 30, 2005.

This website is part of a coordinated effort on behalf of the U.S. Federal Government and the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public Health, Division of Behavioral Health and the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center funded in part by Federal Award #6 NU90TP921891-01-03, funded by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, or the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health. Images of Nebraska in the header are courtesy of Flickr users AtmosNews - NCAR & UCAR, Jory'z Shotz, jrbrubaker, and Asbestos Bill. The images are used under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial license.